Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash • Hacker News Board

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

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Post by oblosys » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:06 PM UTC

Here's a bug I discovered in MS Word in 2004, which has survived the past 18 years of updates and is even present in the web version: https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgYiBqBjIZZpfkcvO9jnOel9T2o?e=tFA4wp If you join the two lines using a backspace at the start of the second line, the second line turns into gibberish.

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#82

Post by ffhhj » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:09 PM UTC

zciwor wrote: post #15

Will 100% be pasting this into a coworker's Google Doc with a white font color.

Send it in your resume to annoy recruiters.

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#83

Post by bitwize » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:10 PM UTC

I wonder if "James where John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on his teacher" does someone's grammar checker up in knots. Or any of the old standbys, like "Police police police police police police".

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#84

Post by skerit » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:10 PM UTC

That was fun!

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#85

Post by kappuchino » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:10 PM UTC

_wldu wrote: post #28

zciwor wrote: post #15

Will 100% be pasting this into a coworker's Google Doc with a white font color.

That's probably a cyber crime in most US states. Edit: You guys have no sense of humor.

try /s at the end of "offending" sentence, most people will look at it more kindly.

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#86

Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:11 PM UTC

kklisura wrote: post #55

``` TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'C') at Ccf ( https://docs.google.com/static/document/client/js/157553674-... ) at Bcf ( https://docs.google.com/static/document/client/js/157553674-... ) ``` Has something to do with grammar. The document does not fail when `Show grammar suggestion` is turned off.

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Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#87

Post by OhSoHumble » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

blueberrychpstx wrote: post #4

When I come across posts like these, I just wonder, "How in the world did the user discover this in the first place?!" Let's place bets: A) The user just let autocomplete "take it away" (not sure about this one since they were able to access the console) B) Pen Testing? C) Error copy and pasting? D) Actual dialog in a sci-fi post-apocalyptic love story where a robot discovers the Turing test and attempts to set itsel…

Writing a novel and a character within the novel has a stutter or is stammering.

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#88

Post by a_cardboard_box » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

schmeckleberg wrote: post #44

dr_dshiv wrote: post #6

Whhhhhy

did you decide to compress the "5 Whys" into one Why with 5 hs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_whys

I just repro'd the bug with 5 whys: "Why. Why. Why. Why. Why."

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

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Post by calebegg » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

Something I recently found out about is you can go to https://docs.new to create a new Google doc.

Re: Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

#90

Post by dr-detroit » Thu, May 05, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #86

kklisura wrote: post #55

``` TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'C') at Ccf ( https://docs.google.com/static/document/client/js/157553674-... ) at Bcf ( https://docs.google.com/static/document/client/js/157553674-... ) ``` Has something to do with grammar. The document does not fail when `Show grammar suggestion` is turned off.

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